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Rob Allen is a dear colleague, mentor and friend I met while working at Whole Foods. He now puts all of his skills and expertise in the industry to help midsize brands scale up into national, large businesses. 

While that may not be you yet or even your business model, it is good to know where you are heading (or if you even want to).

Not every brand owner wants to be a national brand with a big exit...we need our farmers market and online producers just as much! 

That is why I bring in guest experts like Rob to share their insights and success tips. 

Rob is a stickler for the foundations and fundamentals of your business. If your business isn't built on a strong foundation and business practices, then as you scale it will crumble. 

Case in point, sales taxes. Many of you are doing it wrong or are very confused. Register for the Sales Tax Workshop (free on March 29, 2022) https://www.foodbizsuccess.com/salestax2022

He has some great words of wisdom for any business at any level. Don't miss this one! 

After you listen, visit the private Facebook group and post a question for Rob. 

Find Rob on LinkedIn here or send me a message ([email protected]) and I can connect you to Rob.

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“You become like the five people you spend the most time with. Choose carefully.” I love this quote by Jim Rohn and when I am really honest with myself, I can see that it is definitely true. And Oprah said it well when she instructed "surround yourself with those who only lift you higher.”  

You do get to choose who and what you surround yourself with and it does have a huge impact on the results you get in life. I saw this first hand with the 11 clients who joined me at the Fancy Food Show. They were lifting each other up and generating an intoxicating energy!

I also see it inside Food Business Success with our coaching calls. Engaging with a community of like-minded foodpreneneurs is one of THE most important things you can do for your success. 

In addition to who you surround yourself with, also consider what you surround yourself with.

I share some examples of things you should cut out or really limit if you want to have the motivation and energy to do the big things that come with a successful business. 

You don't have to cut out every negative person in your life, but you can choose what you put in your ears or in front of your eyes. You can also choose to find groups and people who are more positive and encouraging to help cancel out some of the negativity that slows you down.

Head over to your favorite podcasting platform and search for Food Business Success, subscribe and listen (or visit the website for all the shows, show notes and transcripts).

 After you listen, visit the private Facebook group and post a win or support another person's post. This is your community - you get out of it what you give. 

Register for the sale tax workshop at https://www.foodbizsuccess.com/salestax2022

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My first repeat guest is my friend, colleague and mentor, Brandon Hernandez of Whole Brain Consulting. He works with mid to large brands in the areas of food safety, QA, contract manufacturing contracts and acquisition/evaluation for investors.
 
 We discuss some of the biggest challenges he is seeing in 2022 going forward as we live with the endemic of COVID19 and the realities of manufacturing, food safety, supply chain, etc. It is important to know what is happening in the industry at a larger scale so that we can adjust our expectations and get in front of the issues when possible.
 
 If you want to listen to our first episode together, check out Ep 27.
 
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Check out Whole Brain Consulting, your out-sourced operations experts that specialize in the consumer products industry. 

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There is no more permanent totem you can adopt than a tattoo on your body, especially one that is in a noticeable place! 

In this episode, I share the story of getting a tattoo in Las Vegas this month both as an example of how to set and achieve goals, but also to share my story of burning up my limiting beliefs and how you can go about doing the same. 

👋We're Food Business Success®. We mentor early-stage founders with real coaching, strategy, tools, and systems to help them avoid common pitfalls and build a brand that lasts. We're also home to the Launch & Grow Accelerator.

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"Work with the willing" and "focus on more gain and less pain" were just some of the golden nuggets Jordan Buckner of FoodBevy dropped in this interview. Jordan is using his experience as a CPG founder of the national brand Tea Squares to help close the resource and networking gaps for food brands working to scale their packaged food business.

Check out FoodBevy and use this special Food Business Success link. Inside the membership, you get amazing industry discounts (including one that is saving me $600 in credit card fees) and access to his robust slack channel community. https://go.foodbizsuccess.com/foodbevy

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This concept is so simple and yet it is a game changer for my clients to open them up to possibility instead of arguing for their limitations. You will just have to listen to learn why I keep a framed image of an & in my office and how it has helped lessen the negative emotions when problems come up and shift into my creativity to solve problems. 

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Video, reels, animation, recipes, lifestyle and product photography, paid advertising campaigns. There is so much to create as a brand owner and it can be really overwhelming. 

My guest today is Emily Teater of Set Creative, a boutique agency dedicated to helping CPG brands show their best sides on social media no matter how small or large they are.

Emily gives us some tactical strategies on how to create more purposeful content that moves the needle on your social media and email channels to create raving fans and lifelong customers.  We also learn about trends she is seeing in the social media space for 2022.

I always recommend doing it yourself to start so you know how it all works, but when you are ready to hand off the content creation. definitely consider working with Emily and her team. Let her know you found her through this podcast!

Visit Set Creative Studio website and let her know you found her through this podcast!

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When you see the Sari Kimbell Coaching artwork, know you are in for some fire and inspiration (and some f-bombs).

Learn more about working with me here.

For more fire follow me at @sarikimbellcoaching on IG and FB

👋We're Food Business Success®. We mentor early-stage founders with real coaching, strategy, tools, and systems to help them avoid common pitfalls and build a brand that lasts. We're also home to the Launch & Grow Accelerator.

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One of my passions is connecting YOU with the right people to help  with your biggest pain points as you launch and grow your business. And one of the BIGGEST pain points almost all my clients have is how to reach and attract new customers.

Love it or hate it, social media and email marketing are your most important (and accessible) tools you have in your tool belt. 

In today's episode, I interview CPG marketing mavens, Alison and Karin of Umai Marketing. They break down the three levers you as a brand founder need to focus on when you are just starting out and how to do them well by focusing on less, not more. 

Get their free 30 minute marketing masterclass:  https://go.foodbizsuccess.com/umai
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Work with me and get the help you need to turn your delicious dream into a legal, profitable packaged food business. Apply for FoodBizSuccess.com to join me in my monthly membership program.

• Work with me live twice a month on our group coaching calls
• Access my entire library of self-paced courses with video modules and all of my tools
• Work alongside a community of other like-minded foodpreneurs launching and growing their businesses 
• Access to a members-only private group to get all of your questions answered quickly.

👋We're Food Business Success®. We mentor early-stage founders with real coaching, strategy, tools, and systems to help them avoid common pitfalls and build a brand that lasts. We're also home to the Launch & Grow Accelerator.

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Your life is the sum total of the decisions you have made to the this point. Wow. That is such a true statement and it is a little big of a gut punch if I am honest.

If you want a different result, it will happen because you make different decisions. 

We all make decisions all day long, but some of us are waaaayy better at it than others. Letting outside influences like a deadline or having someone else make your decisions for you is not going to get us the life you want.

We all need to learn to become more decisive and make powerful decisions that serve us.

Sometimes that is a "yes" and sometimes that is a "no". Either way, YOU are making the decision powerfully. 

In this episode I am giving you some new ways to reframe decisions and some strategies that have helped me and my clients become much more decisive.

Because taking action, even if it is the "wrong" action, is how you speed up our success! 

By the end of the episode, I want you to make a decision. It could be to join me inside Food Business Success before it closes on January 31st.

Or it can be any other decision in your personal or business life. 

What has been weighing you down and taking up mental energy? Share your decision over on the private Facebook group after you listen. 

Work with me and get the help you need to turn your delicious dream into a legal, profitable packaged food business. Apply for FoodBizSuccess.com to join me in my monthly membership program.

1. Work with me live twice a month on our group coaching calls
2. Access my entire library of self-paced courses with video modules and all of my tools
3. Work alongside a community of other like-minded foodpreneurs launching and growing their businesses 
4. Access to a members-only private group to get all of your questions answered quickly.

👋We're Food Business Success®. We mentor early-stage founders with real coaching, strategy, tools, and systems to help them avoid common pitfalls and build a brand that lasts. We're also home to the Launch & Grow Accelerator.

[Learn more about coaching] | [Explore Launch & Grow]

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We've completely revised our Launch & Grow Accelerator with a full update for 2026. Grab your m...